Originally posted by: montanafan
Cindy Sheehan aside, or maybe not completely aside, but not the main focus, does anyone else of a certain age feel something familiar about what seems to be taking place in the country in regards to the growing anti-Iraq sentiment? Does anyone else remember the way the tide slowly turned during the Vietnam War? Not that I think that it'll get to the intensity of those times, but I've been noticing on the local news and in the local papers more and more parents of soldiers killed in Iraq and veterans of prior wars speaking out about their opposition to the war or showing sympathy and support for protestors of the war like the veteran in Crawford offering his land to the protestors.
Remember how at first it was doves versus hawks and you're either with us or against us, "love it or leave it" and how polarizing that was and really accomplished nothing; and then more mothers and parents and veterans started to sympathize with the protestors and then join with them in calling for and end to the war? It made it seem more respectable or less radical to oppose the war.
I don't see Cindy Sheehan as "the Rosa Parks of the protest movement" as some have called her, but I do see this protest in Texas as bringing more attention to the real loss and suffering being felt by a growing number of American families as a result of this war. It's something that a lot of people can relate to and sympathize with regardless of their politics.
Yes, I remember vividly how the Communists who supported North Vietnam primarily showed one side of the story and issues. I remember quite well how a few radicals from California got the media attention. How these radicals went to various states (who was paying for this?) to incite riots.
You saw an example in Crawford. There were three "groups" there.
1. 400 supporters. They got little attention and were even included with pictures of the protestors as if they were the protestors.
2. ~30 protestors from, gee, California! They have been getting media attention for over two weeks now.
3. One rancher who did a stupid, albeit legal, thing. He also got quite a bit of media attention.
Nope, no bias. :/
You also see this same attitude of the left who are so obviously trying to subvert America into the Fascist nation so desired when you look at the Minutemen.
A group that has dedicated themselves to peaceably patrolling the borders of America (Mexico and Canada). They have a strict no contact rule and call the border patrol when felons, including terrorists, drug dealers, and gangs cross the border. The media calls them vigilante's and terrorists.
To counter them liberal groups have sent armed and unarmed individuals to harrass the group. These groups have shot at and attacked the Minutemen. They have tried to incite violence between the Minutemen and the felons crossing the border. Just like the Iraq liberation hating liberals they hope the minutemen are all killed. (Remember the hope of liberals that our soldiers suffer a thousand Mogadishus.)
In all cases the liberals and "mainstream" media side with the felons, drug dealers, terrorists, Communists, Fascists, mass murdering dictators, Islamic radicals ... all for the sake of peace.
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